Kairouan

Al Qayrawan City is the capital city of Al Qayrwan governorate, situated in the desert, 156km to south of Tunis. It has a continental weather, i.e. very hot in summer as well as very cold in winter. Such location and weather led to some kind of conservative relation between the city and the outside world. In spite of that, the city attracts a huge numbers of day-trippers because it is an interesting and beautiful place to wan¬der, especially in the late afternoon when the sun creates shadows while highlighting the charming and florid doors and the blue and-green window shutters and balconies. In addition to its natural beauty, the fourth holiest mosque in Islam and the oldest one in North Africa, the great mosque gives the city an important religious significance. There's some¬thing esse...Read More